ロンドン・スクール・オブ・エコノミクス 学部授業履修プログラム

Course Load

Courses at LSE are either a full unit (1.0), or half unit (0.5). Full unit courses run across the whole year, whereas half unit courses will typically take place in one term only, either Michaelmas Term (MT) or Lent Term (LT).

 General Course students must select four units’ worth of courses, which can include half units and full units. You can take no more than four half units, combined with two full units, and these should ideally be balanced between the two terms.

Course Registration

As a SAF Scholar, you can choose courses from a list of over 290, one of which must be in the host department to which you are assigned upon admission (two if in economics). The host department does not need to reflect your major interest. Course registration has three stages:

Stage 1: Expression of Course Preference for Admission

As a SAF Scholar, you submit your course preference form to SAF and SAF will be in touch over the summer months should LSE have any comments or concerns about your choices. Course choices are not guaranteed during admission. The courses SAF Scholars select at this stage will be used to allocate them to a host department at LSE.

Stage 2: Course Registration

As a SAF Scholar, you complete initial course registration during the International Student’s Orientation Program, after you arrive in London. Do read the online course descriptions carefully as many courses assume a level of aptitude in the subject, and some are only available to General Course students with the permission of the teacher.

Stage 3: Course Audit & Finalization

You're encouraged to sample a range of courses in the first weeks of the session. You should discuss your level of skill and the course expectations with lecturers and class teachers before confirming your course choices in mid-October. When making final course choices, you should consult the Undergraduate Course Catalogue and the additional guidance on course levels and economics options.

Course Levels

• 100 level courses are introductory level courses that have no specific prerequisites in the subject but may require some mathematics or other related background. General Course students normally select these courses when they have no previous study in the subject and want to gain experience in a new academic field.
• 200 level courses are intermediate level courses that have prerequisites in the form of university-level introductory courses in the same, or a closely related, subject. These courses are the equivalent of junior year courses at four-year degree institutions and, as such, are usually the most appropriate for General Course students.
• 300 level courses are advanced and equivalent to either final year undergraduate or first year graduate courses. They have prerequisites of university level intermediate courses. General Course students should ordinarily only select one of these courses when they have a minimum of three semesters background and very high grades in the relevant field.
• Most General Course students find they are sufficiently challenged by one (or, at the very most, two) 300 level courses when combined with those offered at the 200 and 100 levels. The optimum combination for a serious student is usually one 300 level and three 200 level courses.

Course & Departmental Restrictions

If you're admitted into the economics department, you are required to take at least two courses in that department. All other departments require students to take at least one course in their department.

In applying to the Economics department, you should already have completed three to four economics courses, including microeconomics and macroeconomics. You should have also completed two to three math and/or statistics courses.